“Everything is pre-existent, only revealed in
the passing of time.” That is the certain conclusion I drew in 2008. In fact I
saw the brilliant exterior of the world as the specific realisation of the
state of motion of all the imperceptible influences. This conclusion meant that
the direction of my previous works had found their final destination. Thus
drawing the traces of the serendipity of images to an end, the trend of events
is rebirth.

Ten years or so ago, the real
turning point in my artistic direction was my focus on serendipitous meetings.
When I saw all phenomena as ruled by chance, searching for the tracks and rules
behind the coincidental became the direction of my earnest search. Different
times and different areas have different rules for coming together, if we are
able to perceive the acting out of that innate order and utilise it in the
arrangement of the content of a piece of artwork, we can transcend
representations, and therefore not only represent the trials and tribulations
of life, but further achieve a state wherein the artwork adopts the natural
state of existence, growing and developing naturally, along with the times,
endlessly. Because at the depths of certainty are the movements of the
boundless potential of the universe.

It is possible to
follow the course of serendipity to pay a visit to certainty. If a person says
the right thing at the right time, does the right thing upon the right link in
the chain, it will effectively act towards the development of their
situation. The word “right” indicates
precisely that there is an ever-changing standard out there waiting for us.
Beijing dialect often uses the word “reliable”, which in fact means close to
the rules, close to those ever-changing standards, close to innate certainty.
When we study history it is easy to let oneself memorise times, important
figures, major events and other ready-made facts. Although these ‘roadsigns’ are important,
more crucial is the cumulative powers that drive the formation of the
road. They are invisible, yet omnipresent
and ever-present, like the meeting and parting of energy, the changes in events,
movement of situation, the inter-weaving of relationships, the tides of
thought… these unrevealed automatic forces that never rest, are truly driving
the realization of history, causing complex and certain reasons to create
understandable coincidental results.

We can use the word “form” to better understand the true nature of the
inevitable, “state” changes constantly, one could even say that it is in a
state of constant movement throughout the universe in all places and at all
times, corresponding with the notion of “Tao”.
The hidden undercurrent of history belongs to that “state”, and “form”
is the representation and appearance of “state” in actual space-time, while
historical facts belong to “form”.

If one were able to grasp the movement of those forces imperceptibly
influencing the situation and accurately reveal the “form” of “state” in actual
space-time, representations and the truth would join together as one, to be
revealed as “History”, those present would become the agents of history, its
symbols and representations. But if we
believe we have laid hold of the truth, when really we are only grasping the
form of representation, our actions are nullified in the face of constant
change, because the moment has passed on and it is only its form that remains.

We are unable to alter
the changes of “state”, and can only go along with its revelations. A
well-rounded life is one combined with “state”, revealing its form when it
acts, and follows its state when at peace, which could be called freedom. The
relationship between form and state is in fact the eternal connection between
the inevitability of rules and the coincidence of phenomena. It is also the
direction of art and life.

So-called reality,
includes perceptible and imperceptible reality. Imperceptible reality refers to
unrevealed potential and the movement of the trend of events, which is the true
force behind the revelation of things.

Even though we can use concepts to express
a perceptible history (the facts) and an imperceptible history (the situation),
what comes closer is not an expression but the actual relationship in a piece
of artwork. Therefore, perhaps we can bring the agnostic to the perceptible
world through incomplete images and completed forms. The colours flourish recklessly along with my
feelings and movements, semi-automatically the action of painting ceases to
represent our reality, the fervour on the canvas is reality itself, each moment
of the present eclipsing the past, living in the present, planning the future.
It differs from an abstract idea in that “abstraction” is an artificial action
performed on a completed image, it is a refinement; the incomplete image
contains the changing state before completion, it is growth.

When the changes in an incomplete image call out to or promote the power
of imagery, my semi-automatic act of painting is completed, and I begin to
follow the situation that is already present in the painting to seek out the
opportunities created by form, obeying the logic of fate as I work. My new
works return to the chaotic state before the birth of images. Naturally, it
could also be understood as a return trip to chaos. In fact, the deeper and
more extreme the realisation of any artistic form, the greater its limitations,
as soon as a piece is finished its possibilities are manifest, its growth is
terminated. Primal chaos is unlimited, its moevements are unfettered!

Fait acompli are the current result of the movements
of the universe, or to put it another way, a collective effect promotes all
changes, they are not the result of a single factor, you could even say that
the past traces from the beginning of the universe to the present to its future
development are the limitless cause behind all fait accompli. This understanding
of things does not intend to complicate the matter, but to discover the certain
trends behind existence by pursuing the relationship between cause and event.

I attempt to draw closer to the variable
origin of change through my art, because seeking the way through technique is the
journey to combine the individual life of the realisation and the hidden rules
of nature.